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… Senior Counsel Matt Bowman serves as senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he focuses on the impact of … joined ADF in December 2020. From 2017 to 2020, Bowman was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump … first in his class at Ave Maria School of Law in 2003. He is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and …

… Counsel Chris Schandevel serves as senior counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that … unjust results. Among other clients, he has represented a faith-based pregnancy resource center and adoption agency, … in 2009. A member of the state bar of Virginia, Schandevel is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and …

… Gray Senior Counsel Rory Gray serves as senior counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. In that … argued two cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals, and filed a wide array of amicus briefs on religious freedom, free … of the state bars of Georgia, Arizona, and Virginia, Gray is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 11 …

… Jeremy Tedesco Senior Counsel, Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Jeremy Tedesco serves as senior … and senior vice president of corporate engagement for Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Tedesco leads ADF’s efforts to combat corporate cancel culture and build a business ethic that respects free speech, religious …

… of the Center for Life and regulatory practice at Alliance Defending Freedom. Before joining ADF, Hawley … and has been published in numerous top journals. Hawley is a frequent commentator on legal issues. Her work has been …

… Legal Counsel Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. In this role, … worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as a deputy attorney general for five years. While at the AG’s … her interest in First Amendment and pro-life issues. Payne is a member of the bars of the Indiana Supreme Court, the …

… President of Academic Affairs and Strategic Affairs at Alliance Defending Freedom. In his role, he designs ADF’s … tanks on law, politics, and culture. Additionally, Graham is a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute in …

… Scott Scharpen Board Member Scott Scharpen is the Chief Strategy Officer for Mission Increase (MI), a 501c3 organization whose mission is to equip nonprofits, … care, and education of their children. A member of the Alliance Defending Freedom board of directors since 2018, …

… Center for Life Denise Harle serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is the director of the Center for Life and leads her team’s … the U.S. Supreme Court in NIFLA v. Becerra , resulting in a free-speech victory for pro-life pregnancy centers. She was …

… and vice president of Blackstone alumni services with Alliance Defending Freedom. In this role, Bruno coordinates … Prior to joining ADF in January 2016, Bruno was a partner at the international law firm of Sheppard Mullin … Rawlings School of Divinity. His professional office is ADF’s Washington, D.C. location, and he is licensed …